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Govt sets up committee to look into Chakma-Hajong issue
Itanagar, Oct 13: The Arunachal Pradesh government has constituted a six-member ministerial committee to go into the contentious Chakma-Hajong refugee issue.
Itanagar, Oct 13: The Arunachal Pradesh government
has constituted a six-member ministerial committee to go into
the contentious Chakma-Hajong refugee issue.
State Home Minister L Wanglat, addressing a press
conference here today, said the committee constituted by the
cabinet with him as chairman will submit a report to it on the
problem caused by thousands of Chakma and Hajong refugees who
have been residing in some parts of the state since 1964 after
coming over from the Chittagong hill tracks in Bangladesh.
Referring to opposition congress demand for his
resignation following some violent incidents in the state
recently, Wanglat said the crime rate in Arunachal Pradesh was
far less than that of other states.
He appealed to ''misguided'' youth to surrender arms for
peace and prosperity of the state. The state government would
contribute in addition to the central government's scheme for
their rehabilitation, Wanglat added.
Bureau Report